Spamalot will make
you ‘laughalot’

Apparently, during Spamalot’s West End run, there were 21 moustache incidents, three suspected cases of swine flu and three outbreaks of nits.

Which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘itching to see the show.’

From Monday, following that three year stretch in London, the Monty Python classic clippety-clop, clippety-clops back into Milton Keynes Theatre, for more silly shenanigans.

Lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot has been awarded the gong for Funniest Musical in Britain...although personally, the version of Jason and his Technicolour Dreamcoat I saw was pretty darn gigglesome – the blow-up sheep which kept falling down proved a particular highlight.

But I digress.

Spamalot is a family affair this time around with Joe Pasquale riding in as king Arthur and his son (also Joe) playing King Arthur’s manservant, Patsy.

Sarah Earnshaw is reprising her role as The Lady of the Lake, and God won’t be played by Bono, but may be played by Brian May, Hugh Bonneville or Eric Idle. None of whom will be live on stage at the event.

“Spamalot is fun,” Eric Idle says, “The new production is funnier, it’s more like a Python show.

“There are new costumes and new sets and a new director, Christopher Luscombe, so it’s just got a whole new spirit to it.”